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In July, a New York City judge tossed out Joseph Lozito's lawsuit against the police -- even though two officers had stood by in February 2011, out of harm's way, while a man attacked Lozito as part of a four-murder crime spree.

The judge ruled that it was not clear enough that Lozito was in danger when the officers began to ignore him (while they were inside a subway motorman's booth).

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In September, a federal jury in New York City upheld an employment agency worker's claim that she (an African-American) was racially harassed by her boss.

The supervisor, Rob Carmona, had insisted that he could not be liable for race-based harassment because, he, too, is African-American and thus entitled to use the "n-word." [New York Daily News, 7-26-2013] [New York Post, 9-3-2013]